Louis Kahn

1901 - 1974

Louis Isadore Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private prac ...

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Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Site-plan sketch

Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Site-plan sketch

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Site-plan and elevation sketches

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Site-plan and elevation sketches

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: elevation of studies)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: elevation of studies)

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art

New Haven, Connecticut

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art

New York

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